Chapter 307: Natural Disaster Strikes
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the head of the Skeleton General was shattered by the Star Spear, and the two balls of green flames were extinguished instantly.
Gu Yang stood there holding the Star Spear tightly, his chest heaving violently, sweat and blood mixed together and dripping on the ground.
He knew that he had won another hard-fought victory.
He looked up at the deeper part of the palace, where the core of the Undead Star was hidden, which was also the ultimate goal of his trip.
Gu Yang pulled out the Star Spear inserted in the Skeleton General, took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and then took a step and continued to move forward into the depths of the palace.
Gu Yang's footsteps echoed on the stone slabs of the palace, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down, but his vigilance did not relax.
The tranquility at this time was in sharp contrast to the previous fierce battle. There seemed to be no other signs of life here except the Skeleton General just now.
He looked around, the ancient murals and broken statues told the history of this star, and every step seemed to be stepping on the heavy past.
Gu Yang explored carefully, fearing that he might trigger some unknown mechanism or curse.
But he soon found that his worries seemed unnecessary.
As time went by, he gradually realized that there was no other danger in the second-floor space except for the previous Skeleton General.
The dead silence and solemnity here seemed to be a silent tribute to the past years.
Gu Yang walked along the main road in the center, his eyes were always sharp, and the Star Spear gently rotated in his hand, making a dull whistling sound.
Gu Yang felt puzzled. Why was the second floor of this palace so empty? Could it be that the guardians of the Undead Star had all died in the past years?
Such thoughts made Gu Yang feel a little confused, but he did not stop.
He knew that no matter what possibilities were ahead, he had to keep moving forward until he uncovered the secret of the Undead Star.
After turning around the second floor twice, Gu Yang finally found a staircase in the corner that continued to go up.
Gu Yang climbed the narrow stairs carefully, and each step seemed to tell the traces of time.
The mottled walls were covered with moss, and the steps were covered with dirt.
His heart beat faster as he approached the next floor, foreboding the unknown challenges he was about to face.
Finally, he came to the end of the stairs, and in front of him was an ancient stone door, which was engraved with mysterious runes and emitted a faint glow.
Gu Yang took a deep breath and pushed open the stone door.
Behind the door was a spacious circular hall, with a huge stone platform in the center, on which a complex magic circle was carved.
Opposite the magic circle, stood a necromancer.
The necromancer was wearing a tattered robe, covered with traces of time, and the clothes that might have been colorful were now only gray.
His body was thin, like a weathered mummy, with skin tightly attached to the skeleton, looking extremely dry.
In the hands of the mage, there was a tattered magic book, the pages of which were gently turning in the breeze, as if chanting an ancient spell.
The necromancer wore a wide-brimmed pointed hat on his head, with the brim drooping, covering half of his face, revealing only a pair of deep eye sockets.
In those deep eye sockets, two balls of blue ghost fire burned, they jumped from time to time, giving people a sense of unfathomable depth.
Behind the mage was a huge black curtain with patterns of stars and death painted on it, as if telling some kind of taboo knowledge.
Gu Yang tightly grasped the Star Spear, he could feel the powerful magic emanating from the necromancer, it was a kind of oppression that even the air was about to solidify.
The necromancer slowly raised his head, the blue ghost fire looked directly at Gu Yang, his lips moved slightly, and he made a hoarse and low voice: "Finally, someone came here..."
Gu Yang stared at the necromancer vigilantly, he knew that this duel would be the most difficult challenge of his trip.
"Rikael, come and greet new friends!"
The necromancer waved his hand, and a black halo appeared behind him.
The black halo gradually expanded, as if it was a crack in the night sky, swallowing the surrounding light.
As the necromancer's voice fell, the center of the halo began to twist, and a cold and ancient breath emanated from it, causing Gu Yang to shudder involuntarily.
Then, a huge bone claw slowly stretched out, with broken black scales attached to it, each of which was engraved with complex runes and flashing with a dim light.
The joints of the bone claws were wrapped with dark green magic fire, like phosphorus fire jumping in the dark, looking weird and gloomy.
Then, a huge skull appeared from the halo, with deep eye sockets and blue ghost fire burning inside. The flame burned quietly, but gave people a soul-stirring fear.
The keratin texture on the skull, like an ancient fossil, was covered with cracks and traces of battle.
As the skull fully revealed, a huge undead bone dragon slowly walked out of the light circle. Its body was tens of meters long, and every bone exuded the luster of death.
On the back of the bone dragon, there were bone spurs as sharp as knives, extending from the head to the tip of the tail, like a moving mountain.
The wings of the bone dragon spread out. Although only the skeleton was left, under the effect of magic, they seemed to be able to carry this giant beast to fly in the sky.
The bone spurs on the wings were intertwined with the periosteum, and every flap brought a gust of cold wind, causing the firelight in the hall to sway.
The bone dragon's tail swung slowly in the air, like a huge whip, full of the power to destroy everything.
Its limbs were strong and powerful, and its claws were extremely sharp. Every step it took made the magic circle on the stone platform vibrate, as if declaring sovereignty.
Gu Yang faced this behemoth, and although he was shocked, his eyes remained firm.
He held the Star Spear tighter in his hand. He knew that the undead bone dragon in front of him would be the last obstacle to his way to the core of the Undead Star.
The voice of the necromancer sounded again, full of expectation and ridicule: "Rikal, my loyal guard, show your strength, let this uninvited guest experience the majesty of our Undead Star."
The bone dragon let out a low and hoarse roar, and the sound echoed in the hall, like a horn of death, announcing that a desperate battle was about to begin.
Gu Yang knew that the next step would be a life-and-death contest.
He took a deep breath, held the Star Spear tightly in his hand, and pointed the tip of the gun at the behemoth.
The blue ghost fire in the eyes of the Undead Bone Dragon seemed to be mocking Gu Yang's courage. Its huge bone claws waved lightly, bringing up a gust of wind and rolling up the dust on the ground.
Gu Yang did not retreat. His figure moved quickly in the hall like a phantom, avoiding the attack of the bone dragon.
The Star Spear danced in his hand, and every swing brought the light of the stars, cutting through the darkness of the hall.
The Undead Bone Dragon found that its attack could not hit this agile opponent. It roared angrily, and each bone spur on its back began to flash with a faint blue light. Then, they shot at Gu Yang like arrows.
Gu Yang saw countless bone spurs shooting like raindrops. He turned his body suddenly, and the Star Spear turned into a ray of light, shooting down those bone spurs one by one.
But he also exposed his figure, and the bone dragon took the opportunity to launch a new round of offensive.
The huge bone claws grabbed Gu Yang with the breath of death. He could almost feel the sound of the cold bone claws brushing against his head.
Gu Yang's heartbeat accelerated. He knew that he could not stay here for too long, otherwise he would be swallowed by the bone dragon's attack.
He jumped forward suddenly, and the Star Spear pierced into the bone claws of the bone dragon. The powerful force made the bone dragon's claws fixed in mid-air and unable to fall.
Gu Yang took the opportunity to roll onto the back of the bone dragon. The Star Spear shuttled between the bone spurs. Every time it pierced, it would set off a series of sparks.
The undead bone dragon roared in pain. It tried to get rid of the enemy on its back. Its wings spread suddenly, and the strong wind it generated almost blew Gu Yang away.
But Gu Yang was like a maggot attached to his bones, holding on to the bone spurs tightly to prevent himself from being thrown off.
His attacks became more and more fierce. Wherever the Star Spear passed, cracks began to appear on the bones of the bone dragon, and the blue ghost fire kept swaying.
The Necromancer looked at his pet being treated like this, his expression became distorted, and he immediately began to chant a more powerful spell.
"Buzz~"
A huge black light circle spread on the ground, and a series of bone collisions sounded in the empty room.
The Necromancer's spell echoed in the hall, and as his voice became louder and louder, the distortion in the center of the black light circle became more and more intense.
There was a suffocating silence in the air, as if even time had frozen at this moment.
Suddenly, a dazzling light burst out from the light circle, and a powerful magic wave gushed out from the center, impacting Gu Yang's senses.
He closed his eyes tightly, left the body of the bone dragon, and supported his body with the Star Spear to resist this force.
When he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him made his heart sink.
From the light circle, skeleton soldiers slowly stood up, their bodies were composed of countless scattered bones, and each bone emitted a cold blue light.
Their eye sockets were hollow, but they were burning with blue ghost fire, giving them a life-like power.
These skeleton soldiers held old weapons, from long swords to battle axes, each of which was rusty, but under the magic of the necromancer, these weapons seemed to have regained new life, emitting a cold murderous aura.
As the aperture expanded, more undead creatures emerged from it, some were undead knights wearing tattered armor, and some were undead executioners wielding chains, with the breath of death wrapped around them, as if they were demons crawling out of hell.
The horses of the undead knights were also made of bones, they had no muscles or skin, only skeletons emitting cold light.
The horses' eye sockets also burned with blue ghost fire, and their hoofbeats echoed on the stone slabs, each of which was like a warning bell knocking on Gu Yang's heart.
The chain in the hands of the Undead Executioner swung in the air, making a sinister sound. At the end of the chain was a sharp sickle, which was still wrapped in black mist that corroded everything.
These undead creatures surrounded the Undead Mage, as if they were his private army, waiting for his orders, ready to tear apart all invaders.
Gu Yang knew that he was no longer facing a single enemy, but a complete army of undead.
Although a trace of despair rose in his heart, his eyes became more determined.
The Star Spear flashed a brighter light in his hand, and he knew that he would have to fight to the death next.
In this situation, only fighting can find a chance of survival.
His figure moved quickly in the hall, and the Star Spear was like a meteor that shuttled through the starry sky. Every time it passed, it took away the "life" of several undead creatures.
The necromancer watched this scene, the blue ghost fire in his eyes flickered, he seemed to be thinking of a more evil plan.
His fingers traced a strange trajectory in the air, the sound of the spell sounded again, and the distortion in the center of the aperture became more intense, as if it was going to swallow up the whole world.
Gu Yang felt a new crisis, his heart was beating violently, he knew that he had to end this battle as soon as possible, otherwise he would be waiting for endless darkness.
Gu Yang's eyes were fixed on the necromancer's movements, and he saw that wherever his fingers passed, the air seemed to be stained with a layer of ashes of death, and the sound of the spell was like a whisper from the abyss of hell, which was palpitating.
As the sound of the spell intensified, the distortion in the center of the aperture suddenly condensed into a deep darkness, like an invisible giant mouth, ready to swallow all the light.
In the darkness, a huge figure gradually emerged, it was larger than any undead creature, as if it was a monster made up of the resentment and bones of countless dead people.
The body of this undead monster is twisted and deformed. Its skin is made of rotten cloth and rusty iron sheets. Each piece of iron is engraved with ancient runes and exudes a suffocating stench.
Its head is a huge skull with deep eye sockets and blazing green flames burning inside. The flames seem to tell of its anger and hatred.
The monster's limbs are thick and disproportionate. Its arms are hung with rusty chains and broken bones, and every movement makes a creepy click.
Its chest is a hollow black hole, and rotten internal organs and broken limbs slip out from it from time to time, falling to the ground and turning into pools of black blood.
Its footsteps are heavy, and every step it takes seems to cause an earthquake. Its feet are made of countless overlapping bones, leaving deep footprints on the ground.
On its back is a pair of broken bone wings, wrapped with rotten cloth strips and broken ribs, and every swing brings a bloody storm.
Gu Yang looked at the terrifying existence formed by death in front of him, and a trace of fear arose in his heart that he could not suppress.
But in an instant, his eyes became more determined, he knew that this battle must be won no matter what.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the monster let out a deafening roar.
Then, endless undead began to charge towards Gu Yang! (End of this chapter)